Seriously? We’re standing on the veranda and clutching our pearls over this? I wish politicians still pronounced it “foe”. Sheesh!

I have an almost 200K 2004 V70R that I bought for $6900 6 years ago, and have spent about $5000 over that time bringing back to stage 0. New everything. Over that time period I don’t consider that bad, but I do turn my own wrenches and own a VIDA analyzer. 

Just no bro...

The turd never falls far from the A-Hole.

So great... Ford reinvented an 04 Volvo S60R. Only less fun. Figures.

Don’t really care for the right and down on my V70R. I think left and up is a better position for reverse.

“By “analog gauges” I don’t really mean physical, mechanical gauges.” I almost hated you forever until I read a little deeper.

My realization wasn’t with a car, but a close relative... a 1956 Higgins speedboat with a Chrysler Marine 6 that displaced close to 7 liters as I recall. A friend and I had restored the hull and reinstalled the motor, but after the rewire was complete the thing would turn over, but would not light. For days I went…